Salt and pepper cellar.



No. 846,256. PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

P. W. SMITH.

SALT AND PEPPER. CELLAR. APPLPOATION FILED mm. 22. 1906.

ATTORNEY U NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SALT AND PEPPER CELLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed ch 22,1906. Serial No. 307,356.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, PURNELL W. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a cer tain new and useful Improvement in'Salt and Pepper Cellars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in salt and pepper cellars, and has for its object to provide an exceedingly simple and effective device of this description; and a further object of my invention is to provide means for.jarring the perforated top when the cellar is shaken, so as to pre vent it from clogging and always permit the contents to be readily sifted therefrom.

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may under stand howto make and use the same, the construction and operation will now be de-. scribed in detail, referring to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1- is an elevation of asalt-cellar made in accordance with my improvement; Fig. 2, a detail section of the top, showing the means for jarring the same when the cellar is used. Fig. 3 is a section of the lower ortion of the cellar, showing the counteralancing weight therein for righting the cellar when it is upset.

In carrying'out my invention as here embodied, A re resents a salt-cellarwhich may be made of g ass or any suitable material, the bottom B of which is m the general form of a within the section of a sphere, and in this bottom is molded or otherwise secured the weight C, which may be of lead or other heavy material, so that should the cellar be upset this weight will be suflicient to cause the cellar to resume its upright position, as will be readily understood.

D is the top, which may be secured to the body in any manner, such as by screwing thereon, and the upper surface of this top is perforated, as indicated at E, and has depending therefrom a small tube F, in which is confined a ball or other suitable weight G. The tube F is formed integral with the top D.

In practice when the cellar is used the ball G will fly back and forth with the shaking of the cellar, first striking upon the inner endof the tube and then upon the perforated section of the cover and at each blow giving a sharp vibration to the cover which will keep the salt or other contents from packing and cause it to pass through the perforations.

The tube F is hermetically closed and there-.

by prevents the salt or other material within the cellar from having access thereto and thus interfere with the movement of the ball G confined therein.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and useful is' In combination, a receptacle, a perforated top therefor, a tube de ending from the to and formed integral therewith, and a bal tube, said tube being hermetically closed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PURNELL W. SMITH.

' Witnesses:

MARY E. HAMER, S. M. GALLAGHER. 

